一個正確的觀點能夠幫助你面對任何環境，把你從幽暗帶入榮耀(詩31)，從犯罪進入赦免(詩32)，脫離平安的假象，擁有真心的信靠(詩33)，從憂苦蛻變為頌揚(詩34)，從困苦轉為讚美(詩35)。

        愛一個可愛的人十分容易，愛一個不可愛的人就相當困難了，若要愛一個不值得愛的人又如何呢？這就是基督徒蒙召的任務！回想一下基督對門徒的一番勸誡：「只是我告訴你們，要愛你們的仇敵，為那逼迫你們的禱告」(太5：44)，你怎能為這樣的人禱告呢？
        詩篇三十五篇會給你一部份答案，請注意大衛怎樣為追捕他、逼迫他的人禱告：
        大衛並未寬恕他們的行為。當大衛祈求上帝拯救自己性命的同時，也求上帝破壞逼迫者的計畫，讓他們自食惡果。
        大衛並未以惡報惡。大衛若企圖為自己伸冤，大可攻擊迫害他的人，但相反的，大衛對待他們，就像他期望自己得到的待遇一樣(詩35：13-14)。
        大衛在苦難中尋求並保有一個正確的著眼點。這首詩可分為三個段落，每一段落都以大衛的苦情為開始(詩35：1-8，11-17：19-26)，卻以讚美上帝仍在掌管一切為結束(詩35：9-10，27-18，28)。
        你在家中、辦公室或學校裡，是否也遭到不白之冤？以大衛的禱告作你的榜樣，你怎樣以此方法在苦難中揚聲讚美？

詩篇三十四、三十五篇──苦境良伴
        姑不論詩篇三十四篇是否真是三十五篇的姐妹作，但放在一起卻是相當合適的，不只是因為詩句雷同(詩34：7；35：5-6)，而且也因為黑暗已在三十四篇中被驅散了！

在禱告中，有時候看起來好像是我們順服上帝的旨意，事實上是要祂接受我們的意思。

English

        A proper perspective can help you face any circumstance and can bring you from gloom to glory (3D, from failure to forgiveness (32), from false security to confident trust (33), from affliction to adoration (34), from persecution to praise (35).

        Loving someone who is lovely is easy. Loving someone who is unlovely is difficult. But loving someone who is unlovable? That's what the Christian is called to do! Think back to Christ's words to His disciples: "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefutly use you" (Matthew 5:44). How-can you pray for people like that?
        Psalm 35 will give you part of the answer. Notice how David prayed for those who were pursuing and persecuting him:
        David did nof condone their actions. While praying for God's deliverance in his own life, David also prayed that God would confound his oppressors to show them the result of their folly.
        David did not return evil for evil. He could have attacked his attackers in an attempt to vindicate himself Instead, David treated them as he would have wanted to be treated (vv. 13-14).
        David sought to maintain a proper focus in the midst afrits sufferings. The psalm moves through three stanzas, each beginning with David's plight (1-8, 11-17, 19-26), but ending with David's praise that God is still in control (9-10, 18, 27-28).
        Are you in the midst of being accused unjustly in your home, office, or school? Using David's prayer as your model, how can you respond in a way that will bring praise out of your plight?

Psalms 34 and 35— Companions in Misery —
        Whether or not Psalm 35 wa.s written as a companion to Psalm 34, it is appropriately placed next to it, not only because of similar phrases (34:7; 35:5-6) but because it speaks out of the kind of darkness which has just been dispelled in Psalm 34.

In prayer, while we seek in appearance to bend God's will to ours, we are in reality bringing our will to His.